Japanese skylark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alaudidae |
Genus: | Alauda |
Species: | A. arvensis |
Subspecies: | A. a. japonica |
Trinomial name | |
Alauda arvensis japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1848 |
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Synonyms | |
Alauda japonica |
Alauda japonica
The Japanese skylark (Alauda arvensis japonica) is a subspecies of Eurasian skylark. Formerly, combined with five other subspecies of the Eurasian skylark, it was considered to be its own separate species (as Alauda japonica).